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[Refurb] Seagate 16TB Enterprise HDD Exos X16 7200 US$262.69 Delivered (~A$379) @ Tech on Tech via Amazon US

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[Refurb] Seagate 16TB Enterprise HDD Exos X16 7200 US$262.69 Delivered (~A$379) @ Tech on Tech via Amazon USAffiliate
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taimou on 18/06/2022 - 22:58 amazon.com (293 clicks)
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Seagate 16TB HDD Exos X16 7200 RPM 512e/4Kn SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch Enterprise Hard Drive (ST16000NM001G) (Renewed)
The product is refurbished, is fully functional and in excellent condition. Backed by the 90-day Amazon Renewed Guarantee.

RRP$1000 enterprise spec 2.5M-hr MTBF rating, Helium sealed-drive

https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/exos-x16…

I think much better option than shucking consumer grade with no warrantee

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  • XanderYuan on 18/06/2022 - 23:00
    +17

    Renewed drives hmmm

    • TripleJJJ on 18/06/2022 - 23:03
      +3

      Marketplace seller hmmmmmmmmmm

    • reactor-au on 18/06/2022 - 23:08
      +9

      It's legit, they rewind the drives back to 0000000000000000000.

    • Make it so on 18/06/2022 - 23:13
      +7

      Worst-case scenario is you lose 16TB of data. No biggie.

  • SF3 on 18/06/2022 - 23:03
    +4

    Backed by the 90-day Amazon Renewed Guarantee.

    Confidence /s

    Don’t cheap out for a hdd.

  • BinChicken69 on 18/06/2022 - 23:07

    Sooooo many heads go CLUNK very quickly on refurbished HDD and they ware out faster no worth cheaping out your better buying half the storage and compressing all your files

    • BinChicken69 on 18/06/2022 - 23:08

      Good for gaming if you need 16tb of games storage and dont care if it dies 🤣😂 or a lot of p%#n you want to keep as a shitty backup

      • M00Cow on 19/06/2022 - 07:11

        Oh I back mine up to the cloud, I found this really good free provider call p%#nhub.

  • rainbowyen on 18/06/2022 - 23:09

    USD$225=AUD$235?

  • rainbowyen on 18/06/2022 - 23:11

    If it's $379 not worth

    • Aarent on 18/06/2022 - 23:14

      pre-much, $480ish new from newegg i think

      • taimou on 18/06/2022 - 23:38

        AUD $521.40 @ newegg

  • Caped Baldy on 18/06/2022 - 23:21
    +4

    No, just no. Refurb, and reseller on US Amazon. Higher than usual risk of failure and likely headache to get refund.

  • jbird84 on 18/06/2022 - 23:29
    +6

    Why would a bunch of modern, high capacity HDDs already have been refurbed? I honestly can't think of any reason other than an enterprise buyer discovered a defective batch or something. Anyone know why else that could be?

    • Hybroid on 19/06/2022 - 00:15
      +1

      They've been out for exactly 3 years now. Not uncommon for enterprise to refresh drives after 2 or 3 years solid use. These could be out of warranty, well used load/cycle count or just precautionary replaced. Possibly even gone for larger ones. Or abused for Chia mining and now dumping stock.

      As others have said, not a good idea to chance it with a refurbed from random seller from USA.

      • greatlamp on 20/06/2022 - 07:44

        True, most likely they aren't a refurb at all, they are 3 year old drives that still work, and the data centre sells them off to replace with fresh ones every so often.

        I'd take my chances with the 'no warranty' shucked drives.

  • Viospeed on 18/06/2022 - 23:40
    +11

    Probably ex Chia mined drives. Garbage warranty, not worth the risk.

  • Its4me on 18/06/2022 - 23:48
    +3

    These are available new via the GB https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/703948 for less.

  • huu on 19/06/2022 - 00:16
    +6

    How to you refurbished a HDD? Take it apart, give the disc a good clean, sand it, polish it, give it new gasket, re oil the ball bearings, seal it with helium ?

    • M00Cow on 19/06/2022 - 07:18
      +2

      A bit of wd40, realign the one's and zero's with some healing crystals. A bit of gaffa tape over the heads to stop them knocking, pop the cover back on an pop it under a Pete Evans covid lamp to get rid of any viruses.

  • Freezies on 19/06/2022 - 00:16

    90 days warranty on a secondhand drive… yeah nah.

  • gadgetguy on 19/06/2022 - 00:52

    Refurb? At this price? Nope.

  • DemocracyManifest on 19/06/2022 - 01:07

    I’d bite for $100 AUD

  • Budju on 19/06/2022 - 01:27

    I think if you place a very large magnet on the drive, it can perform 'as new'.

  • paulrozza on 19/06/2022 - 06:26

    Just had one of these fail after <2 years in my NAS. Defo not a great experience and that was and new drive under moderate use. Refurb? In a word, nooooooooooo!

  • scuderiarmani on 19/06/2022 - 07:39

    Yeah, no. Don't buy second hand drives from 3rd party sellers.

  • Sgios74 on 19/06/2022 - 08:56

    I dropped 3 of these bad boys in a computer store in Delaware and forgot to pick the up. Had to get some Parmesan cheese

  • Yve on 19/06/2022 - 08:57

    These refurb drives probably have had most of their life written off by constant enterprise use. Wouldn’t touch

  • somwork on 19/06/2022 - 08:58
    +1

    Dont trust Seagate refurbished drives.
    I have one of my Ironwolf NAS drive replace under warranty and was shocked to see the Seagate sent me a replacement drive which was clearly labelled as refurbished and only had 1 year warranty. From such a large and reputable company I did not expect such a practice and expected a brand new drive.
    Anyways the refurbished drive lasted just a few weeks out of the 1 year warranty ( which is crap for a NAS drive ).
    I'd never trust a refurbished drive again.

    • Nom on 21/06/2022 - 16:11

      shocked to see the Seagate sent me a replacement drive which was clearly labelled as refurbished

      This is completely normal, and all Hard Drive makers do this occasionally - you usually receive a new drive in return, but sometimes not.

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